THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912.
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SPEECHES TO BE TAKEN
BY THE MICROGRAPHONE.
Instrument Similar to Dictograph to
Do Put to Novel Use.
No stenographers will be needed when
delegates to the eighth International
congress of applied chemistry, which in
to meet lu New York Sept 0 to 13,
read their papers In four languages.
The place of the shorthand writers Is
to bo tnkcu by dictograph, hitherto
heard of for the most part in connec
tion with the detection of crime, now
to have Its christening as the hand
maid of science. Strictly speaking, It
Is a kind of cousin of the dictograph,
a mlcrographonc, that will bo em
ployed. No delegate to the congress will bo
permitted to speak from the floor.
Whoever has anything to say must
mount tbe rostrum and stand under
the apparatus, so that his words may
bo recorded on a phonograph cyllndor.
This will bo the first trial of tho In
strument In circumstance of this kind.
If the machine works as It Is expected
to It will furnish a perfectly accurate
record of the proceedings of the con
gress In the four olllclal languages
English, French, German and Italian.
CHANGE THE MONTH STONES.
Jewelers Want More Expensive Gems
Than the Ancient Rule Gave.
To soothe the quite understandable
resentment of young women born In
those months of the year that nro tra
ditionally represented by choap and
not very attractive blrthstoues tho
American Retail Jewolers' association
at Its session In Kansas City has decid
ed to make a complete change In tho
list of Jewels that have, by time hon
ored tradition, been couslderod the
blrthstoues for the various months of
tho year.
Protests against tho ancient and ac
cepted lists have become so numerous
in this Jewelry loving ago that the Jew
elers, catering to tho desires of tho
young -women (and old women) whoso
longings have ever been transplanted
in terms of dollars and cents in the
Jewelry shops, have decreed the list 01!
blrthstoues hereafter as follows:
January Garnet.
February Amothyft.
March Bloodstone and aquamarine.
April Diamond.
May Emerald.
June-Pearl and moonstone.
July -Ruby
August -Sardonyx and peridot
Sepetnber Sapphire.
Oct-'ber Opal and tourmaline.
Km ember Topaz.
Dei-cnbtr- Turquols and lapis lazuli.
TAKES SERMON AND REPENTS.
Woman Made Penitent by Manuscript
In Clergyman's Suit Case.
After reading the manuscript of n
sermon she found In a suit case she had
stolen a young woman tried to make
restitution. The Itev. Ilugh Charles
MeBridc, pastor of the Dlsstou Me
morial Presbyterian church, In a Phila
delphia suburb, owns tho case, which
contained a sermon entitled "Right
and Wrong."
Itecently Mr. McBrido received a let
ter signed "Heartbroken Young Wo
man." The writer confessed sho had
stolen the case. Sho said she had read
the sermon and her conscience trou
bled her. She tried to send It to At
lantic City, where the clergyman is
staying for the summer, but found It
would cost more money than sho had.
She then pawned two razors and with
the money put the caso In n storage
house.
It is safe to say sho will never steal
another sermon.
WRITES BOOK WITH FOOT.
Unable to Use Hands, Girl Operates
Typewriter With Toes.
Three years ago Miss Ephle Gladys
Virtue of St Puul, Minn., now aged
twenty-four years, but a physical
dwarf since childhood, started to write
a book. Sho labored at It many hours
a day, revising and rovlslng. Recently
It camo from tho press a neat volume
of 175 pages and she Is happy.
When threo months old Miss Virtue
was stricken with spinal meningitis.
Grown to womanhood now, her mental
strength Is marvelous, but sho cnunot
use her hands.
Every word of tho book was written
on a typewriter by tho use of one foot
Holding a pencil between her toes, she
clicked off tho thousands of words,
striking tho keyboard with tho pencil
and paying little attention to fatigue.
Threo times did sho rewrite tho entire
manuscript before she was satisfied.
A MUMMY 18 INCHES TALL
One of That Height Found In New
Mexico Cliff Dwellings.
An ancient mummy eighteen Inches
high, in a good state of preservation,
has been found nt tho cliff dwellings
on tho upper Gila, near Silver City,
N. M., and instructions have been re
ceived to forward it to tho Smithsonian
institution at Washington.
Careful examination shows Indis
putable evidence and confirms tho idea
of many scientists that the old cliff
men were a dwarf race.
Tho most striking feature of their
dwellings was very Bniall doorways and
extremely low ceilings.
Baby Weighed Eighteen Pounds.
"Mother and baby nro doing flue,'
was the information given out from
tbe homo of Mrs. Antono Crosso of
Grand Junction, Colo., who gavo birth
to n boy whoso weight was Just one
fifth of that of tho mother. Mrs. Cros
so weighs ninety pounds, whllo tho
weight of tbo child Is eighteen pound.
SIDELIGHTS OR
TRAFFIC OF
Probably Will Garry More Than
10,000,000 Tons by
1915.
THERE nro other considerations
Involved In tho question of Pan.
nma canal tolls than those re
lating to foreign treaties and
domestic railroads. For oxnmplo, then
is tho problem of making the big dltcfc
eolf sustaining.
No one has made a moro exhaustive
study of tho Panamn cnnal tolls than
Professor Emory It. Johnson of the
Unlvorslty of Pennsylvania, who wn
a member of the isthmian canal com
mission from 1800 until 1001 nnd was
appointed by President Tnft in 1011 a
special commissioner to report on Pan
nma canal trafllc, tolls nnd tho meas
urement of vessels. Ho Is also tho au
thor of tho report to tho isthmian cn
nal commission on tho Industrial and
commercial value of tho Isthmian ca
nnl in 1001.
Hla preliminary statement, prepared
nt tho behest of tho president and the
secretary of war, has Just been pub
lished by the government. It com
prises the first five sections of his more
extended report which is to appeal
later. He also contributes to tho Au
gust lssuo of the North American Rc
view nn article entitled "Panama Ca
nal Trafllc and Tolls," nnd tho state
ment which follows incorporates the
conclusions of Dr. Johnson as express
ed in these two publications.
Will Cost $15,000,000 Per Tear.
Dr. Johnson directs bis inquiry first
to tho annual revenue from tho cnnal
necessary to meet tbe charges of oper
ation and the interest upon tho Invest
ment. The maintenance of tho canal,
it is estimated, will come to $4,000,000
including the expenses of tbo zone gov
ernment Placing tho total investment
nt tho conservative figure of ?375,000,
000, tho interest at 3 per cent would
bo .?.U.2oO,000. On this basis of com
putation it would bo necessary for the
canal to earn l."i,2j0,000 n year.
The question of what charge to levy
per ton upon the tralllc requires for a
satisfactory answer complete knowl
edge as to (1) the amount of available
tralllc, (2) tho effect tolls would have
to prevent trafllc and (3) the prospec
tive rate of increase of traffic. Tho
author's researches go to show that
had tho canal been open In 1010 the
registered tonnage of vessels that
might have used the waterway to ad
vantage would have been 8,328,020.
Tho chief items In this totnl of en
trances and clearances are the 3,1-lS,-400
tons representing tho commercial
intercourse of Europe with western
South America and that from tho ori
ental countries east of Singapore nnd
Oceania. To tako tho forward look,
It is estimated by n close study of tho
rate of normal Increase that tho traf
fic by 1015 would amount to a total net
registered tonnage of 10,500,000. It is
declared conservative to put tho rate
of Increase for the Panama canal at 50
per cent In a decade. In the decad'o of
1010 the gain of tho Suez canal was
not less than 70.2C per cent
Saving In Coal.
Besides the relative distance by the
Panama canal as against competing
routes, two Important factors affecting
tho volume of tho traffic are the tolls
charged and tho cost of the coal con
sumed. Panama with reasonable tolls
will get tho trafllc of Hawaii and of
the west coast of North and South
America, but it is to bo borne in mind
that tho bulk of commerce of Pacific
Asia and Australasia will be readily
diverted to Suez if the charges nt Pann
ma nro deemed excessive. "Tho com.
morco between tho central or agricul
tural portion of Chllo and Europe
would probably bo diverted from the
Panama canal through the strait of
Magellan by tolls of $1 per ton net
register were it not that tho vessels
engaged in this trade will deslro to
pass up and down the west coast of
South America to engage in tho trade
at intermediate ports. An even greater
advantago which tho Panama route
will havo for shipping engaged in tho
European-Chilean trade will bo the
cheaper fuel costs. Vessels taking tho
strait of Magellan routo from Chllo to
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NEW USE FOR TURKEYS.
Farmer Asks Check For Telling Thoy
Eat Army Worms.
From a farmer at Grovcland, Ga.,
rame u tip to congress of a way to rid
tho south of tho army worm. M. M.
ICickllghter wroto a letter in red Ink to
tho "house" or senate," In which ho
said:
"I saw your advertisement in tho At
lanta paper for aid to check tho army
worms. I had ten acres of corn, nnd
tho army worms had Just started In. I
drovo my turkeys in my field, nnd they
ate tho army worms in two days, and
if It had not been for my turkeys I
would havo lost 000 bushels of corn by
tboso worms.
"So pleaso send mo a check for said
amount, for that Is tho only way to de
stroy tho army worms."
Congress recently appropriated f25
000 to eliminate the worm.
TOLLS AID
PANAMA CANAL
Interest and Maintenance Will
Amount to $15,000,000
Per Year.
Europo must purchase largo quantities
of coal on tho east coast of South
America nt prices CO per cent nbovc
thoso that will prevail at Panama and
nt Wont Indian stations. Tho differ
ence In coal costs by thoso two routes
will bo equal to a half or possiblj
more than a half of tho canal tolls."
A freight steamship of somo 8,0O(
tons reglstor went last year from Now
York to tbo Philippines and back vis
tho Sue canal. Her coul bill was
$20,803.75. If sho could linvo beer J
routed through tho Pannma canal nnd
by way of Sun Francisco and Yoke
hama to Manila the coal would have
cost $13,222 50, which would have
meant n saving of almost $1 per ton ol
the ship's net ton register.
Suppose that tho advance In tonnage
using the Panama canal should bo CC
per cent and it may bo more betwecr,
1015 and 1025. In tho latter year it
would come to something liko 17,000,-
000 tons. Tlint tho estimate is not ex
cessive is shown by tho fact that the
Suez canal, at the present rato of In
crease, will show 20,000,000 tons in
1015 and 35,000,000 tons In 1023.
Saving In Distance.
There are some instructive tabula
tions of compnratlvo dlstnnces. Foi
Instance, let us take the distances from
Philadelphia to points on the Pacific
seaboard via Panama nnd via the
strait of Magellan. From Philadel
phia to Portland, Ore., the Isthmian
route Is fi.SSl miles, and tlint via the
end of South America is 13.S32. Tc
San Francisco the distance is 5,234
miles by tho former route nnd 13,182
by the latter. As for European ports
taking Liverpool as typical, we find the
distance to San Frnuclsco 5,000 miles
less by way of tho Isthmus than it is
via Magellan. To Ilonolulu the savin?
is 4,403 miles and to Guayaquil 5.10S
miles. Twenty days would bo saved
between New York nnd San Franclscc
by n sixteen knot vessel. These figures
are sufficient to indicate the duslrabil
ity, from the point of view of mere
mileage, of utilizing the Panama canal
In tho opinion of Dr. Johnson "the
tolls nt Panama, in so far as they are
1 charge for a service rendered, may
be made equal to the money equivalent
Df the services rendered by tho canal
to the commerce that derives the least
benefit from the shorter route afford
ed by the canal. Neither the
tolls that shipping can pay for using
the Panama canal nor the limits that
any particular toll will givo to tho ca
nal traffic zone can bo determined
solely by comparing distances via the
Panama canal and nlteruate routes."
But, taking Into consideration tho va
rious factors that affect tho reckoning,
it Is his conclusion thnt "It is not prob
ablo that any considerable share of
the commerce of the Atlantic gulf
coast of the United States with west
ern South America would be diverted
from tho Panama canal by tolls of $1
or even more than $1 a ton net regis
ter." Tho trafllc between tills sea
board and Australia and New Zealand
may bo expected to use the Panamn
route if tho tolls are not moro than $1
per ton. The traffic between Europe
and New Zealand via Panama, at ?1
per ton, would probably not bo moro
than 50 per cent of tho total traffic.
"Tho possibility that tho Panama ca
nal may be used by at least a minor
share of tho shipping between Europe
and the Pnclflc ports of Asia and tho
apparent prospoct that New York may
becomo a transfer point for n portion
of tho trade of Europo with tho far
east make It deslrablo that the tolls
should bo lower at Pannma than nt
Suez." Suez tolls on Jnn. 1, 1012, were
$1.30 per net ton for loaded vessels
nnd 82 cents per ton for vessels in bal
last "It is uncertain what sharo of
tho traffic between Europo and the
orient can bo secured by the Panama
canal in competition with tho Suez
routo. In any event tho Panama cnnal
will obtain a small percentage of tho
total, but it will bo well to assist the
Panama routo by lower tolls, in so far
as that policy does not interfere with
tho establishment of tolls that will
yield adequate total canal revenues,"
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TO REBUILD STEVENSON SHIP.
The Casco, Craft of Romance, Will
Enter the Fishing Trade,
Tho schooner Cnsco, Immortal ns the
ship of adventure in which twenty-four
years ago Robert Louis Stevenson sail
ed away never to return, soon will bo
remodeled to enter tho fishing business.
Stevenson sailed from San Francisco
In 1888. Cruising through Oceania on
tbo Cnsco In search of health, ho gath
ered tho material for "Tho Ebb Tide,"
"Tho Wrecker" nnd "In tho South
Seas." Many of tho best letters in tho
collected editions wero written squat
legged on tho Casco's sun bleached
decks.
Ohio Women War on Gossip.
Tho womon of Oakwood, ono of Day
ton's aristocratic suburbs, havo form
ed a league to eliminate gossip. Any
mdmbor who gossips on any subject
will bo expelled from tho organization.
PANAMA'S CANDLE TREE.
Philippine Pill Nut Seeds Also Brought
Hero For Plant Bureau,
There nre being brought to tho Unit
ed States plant bureau seeds of two
rather romarkablo trees.
One seed comes from tho southern
part of tho island of Luzan, In tho
Philippines. It Is from the pill nut
treo nnd Is said to bo extraordinarily
rich In flavor. Tho treo is n very
largo one, nnd tho Americans In tho
Philippines think tho nut is tho finest
grown. If n lighted match bo hold to
a nut when roasted it will burn llko n
lamp, ho rich Is it In oil.
Tho other tree is found on tho
Isthmus of Panamn nnd is ono of tho
most interesting trees of tho tropics.
It la called tho candle tree, and It Is
qulto worthy of its name, for when Its
fruit Is ripe Its branches nppoar as
though covered with candles, for all
tho world llko nn old fashioned Christ
mas treo.
H. Q. Prescott Dead.
II. G. Prescott, on American who
took n prominent part in the move
ment which resulted In tho independ
ence of Panama, died in Panama re
cently. Ho was the first superintend
ent of the Panama railroad after th
United States occupied tho canal zone.
Female School Physicians.
Femalo school physicians have re
cently been appointed In four German
cities Munich, Nuremberg, Colmar and
nochst
Are you having a good tlmo?
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Libel in Divorce.
No. 104 Oct. Term, 1911.
HANNAH MARIA PITTAWAY,
Libellant,
vs.
ALBERT EDWARD PITTAWAY,
Respondent.
To ALBERT EDWARD PITTA
WAY: You aro hereby required to
appear In the said Court on the third
Monday In October, to answer
the complaint exhibited to the Judge
of said court by Hannah Maria Pitt
away, your wife, in the cause above
stated, or in default thereof a de
cree of divorce as prayed for in said
complaint may be made against you
in your absence.
F. C. KIMBLE, Sheriff.
Searle 6: Salmon, Attorneys.
Honesdale, Aug. 13, 1912. G5wl
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